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From: Phil Shapiro <pshapiro@his.com>
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Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3003] adult learner multimedia storytelling
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hi everyone -
in case it might be of interest, last week i worked on some
adult learner multimedia storytelling using macromedia flash mx.
i've posted on the web a first draft of a multimedia presentation
written and narrated by stephon gray, an adult learner who works at
the literacy resources division at MLK library in washington dc.
back in 1996, stephon wrote a short biography of civil rights
activists fannie lou hamer. i was working as a computer consultant
for the literacy resources division at that time and suggested to
stephon that we create a narrated, multimedia version of this
writing. at the time we used an inexpensive ($5) software program,
simplecard, for macintosh computers. we posted this multimedia on the
internet and received encouraging feedback from people who viewed it.
(thanks, david rosen and others.)
with the help of kind friends, a powerpoint version of this
same multimedia was made. over the years stephon and i have
presented this multimedia presentation at various regional and
national conferences, including the keynote speech we gave together
at the "computers in adult literacy conference" in philadelphia, in
may, 2000.
for those of you who might be interested, you can view the
draft of the flash version at
http://storymakers.net/fannielouhamer.swf your computer needs to
have the free flash mx player software installed. this software can
be downloaded from http://www.macromedia.com/ (click on the link at
the bottom right of the screen for the flash player download.)
the powerpoint version of this multimedia can be downloaded
from http://storymakers.net/hamer.zip note - the sound quality on
this is not as clear as the new version.
it's helpful to note that the software we used for the
original presentation, simplecard, still plays fine on modern macs,
but you cannot use it to create "stacks" on mac os 9 or mac os x
macs. if you have access to older macs (from circa 1990 to 1997),
simplecard remains an excellent, low-cost multimedia tool. best as i
can recall, this software works well on any mac os 7.1 to mac os 8.1
computer. (later macs can play simplecard stacks, but cannot make
them.)
an overview article i wrote about simplecard appears at
http://www.his.com/pshapiro/simplecard.html this article was
written for the washington apple pi journal, the newsletter of the
large macintosh computer club in the washington dc-area.
http://www.wap.org the original fannie lou hamer simplecard stack
(bundled with the simplecard program) can be downloaded from
http://storymakers.net/fannielouhamer.sit.hqx
the simplecard version of the fannie lou hamer
presentation fits on a high density floppy disk, for easy and
low-cost distribution around town. simplecard, a 50 kilobyte
program, easily fits on the same floppy disk. thanks for any help you
can provide getting this into the hands of adult literacy
organizations and adult learners.
- phil shapiro
arlington, virginia
btw, i'll be re-recording the audio for this before releasing a final
version. i used the internal microphone on my ibook laptop to record
this with stephon last week. a better recording device would be an
external microphone hooked up to camcorder, recording into the
camcorder -- with the lens cover of the camcorder on. (i just need
the audio, not any video.) i've be able to fairly easily bring the
audio from my digital camcorder into flash by using the free imovie
video editing software that ships with new macs.
i may be adding supplemental material to this before releasing the
final version. i'll keep you posted when the final version comes
out. i'll also be uploading the source file for this presentation
(the .fla file) so people can create their own storytelling using
flash mx by replacing the text and audio in this flash file.
it's helpful to note that nonprofit organizations can purchase flash
mx for $40 (about 10% of the full price) from discounttech at
http://www.techsoup.org http://makeashorterlink.com/?S35E21B85
CTCNet affiliates wanting to learn Flash MX can purchase for $25 an
excellent Flash MX training DVD from the Bay Area Video Coalition,
which is also a CTCNet affiliate. http://www.bavc.org (see
http://ctcnet.org/connect/c4t03/0650.htm and
http://ctcnet.org/connect/c4t03/0651.htm)
Bay Area Video Coalition, in san francisco, is the largest nonprofit
video and multimedia training organization in the country. these
folks might want to think about having an "outside of town"
membership/supporter fee for $25. they might be surprised at the
number of people who sign up to support their mission.
without the Bay Area Video Coalition, i wouldn't be sending this email message.
--
Phil Shapiro pshapiro@his.com
http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal)
http://teachme.blogspot.com (blog)
http://storymakers.net (multimedia explorations)
"Where there is storytelling there are relationships. Where there is
storytelling there are folks who crave to speak and learn." -
Brenda Laurel.
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